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Español§ 1504. Sexual Servitude of a Minor.
A person commits the crime of sexual servitude of a minor if the person:
(a) Knowingly recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides, or procures by any means, a person under 18 years of age, with the intent of inducing the person to engage in any commercial sex act, conduct prohibited under the Sexual Abuse of a Minor statutes, 6 CMC §§ 1306-1309, or conduct prohibited under the Unlawful Exploitation of a Minor statute, 6 CMC § 1314;
(b) Knowingly recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides, or procures by any means, a person under 18 years of age, knowing that another will induce, or attempt to induce, the person being recruited, enticed, harbored, transported, provided, or procured, to engage in any commercial sex act, conduct prohibited under the Sexual Abuse of a Minor statutes, 6 CMC §§ 1306-1309, or conduct prohibited under the Unlawful Exploitation of a Minor statute, 6 CMC § 1314; or
(c) Knowingly causes or attempts to cause a minor to engage in any commercial sex act, conduct prohibited under the Sexual Abuse of a Minor statutes, 6 CMC §§ 1306-1309, or conduct prohibited under the Unlawful Exploitation of a Minor statute, 6 CMC § 1314.
(d) Affirmative Defense. In any prosecution under this section, it is an affirmative defense that at the time of the alleged offense, the defendant reasonably believed the victim to be 18 years of age or older, unless the victim was under fifteen years of age at the time of the alleged offense.
